62 FIRST TO 50 MILLION MILES \w/ : ;:-.: . :' :: , <.{::,;:::. ^ : j;.: , i i:... .'::::: '--':' II.? "::".. .':'.. . _ .. ,k : ' . : : 'X h.. . ; , : , ; . !" . ' . f " , t , . : . ' . . , , . , ;' tVf . ; . :. . <:: , ::.:. . :;:: . : ,. : : ; : , . ., :. ::.,', ..:,. A "-,, . ' , r 1 ìr 4 ;! ;.,.:.; J " " , ; :f);::J<><10:'( f# t m" i(.;:; W m . ... ."':,..:' " ,. . :::-:,:., !l:' 'r::' m L Û '''' ur: ITED AIR LINES is the first air transport system in the world to complete 50 mil- lion miles of flight-24 million miles at night! Even more significant than this mileage rec- ord, is United's leadership in the develop- ment of air transportation; the carrying of 20 million pounds of air-mail, several hun- dred thousand passengers, and an ever in- creasing tonnage of air express. With United Air Lines you Can enjoy air travel at its hest. Multi-motored planes. Pilots whose average experience is 4500 hours. Two-way radio. Four experts aground for every pilot aloft. Today's Fares Attractive Low fares hanish the old ohjection, ttit costs too much to fly." Span America in 27 hours (31 hours westbound) - fastest coast-to-coast service. Fly from the Great Lakes to Texas, or from Seattle to San Diego, hetween hreak- fast and dinner or overnight. Spacious't heated cabin planes. Air travel is interesting, speedy, economical. Direct or connecting service to 137 cities in 38 states. For Reservations: Call United Air Lines offices in 45 cities or Western Union or Postal Telegraph, leading hotels or travel bureaus. New York Office, 36 W. 40th St., Lo. 5-5170. USE A I R M A I L - Arrives fi rs t- delivered first-read first. at first ounce -13Ø each additional ounce or fraction. . AI R EX PRESS - Phone any Railway Express Agency Office (Air Division). UNITED AIR LINES Subsidiary of United Al.rcraft and Transport Corporation to take you to when you were no high. er than a coffee table. They have al- most anything, but are superb at lead soldiers, forest and desert scenes with all the fixings and figures in correct scale and marvellous color. Young Tarzans will likely go and have to be pulled home by the arm, the safari and lion-hunt stuff is that grand. SCHWARZ, 745 Fifth, Avenue: The only thing to do about this place is seize free day and go yourself. There is so much of everything, and you may not be like us, who go crazy about outfitted stables with horses and grooms in them, stuffed-plush families of lions and leopards, baskets of life-size furry puppies and kittens, toy kitchens and grocery-stores, and such like. ALICE STARR, 224 East 57: New bits for children's rooms, chosen with the in- fant's as well as Mamma's vie\vpoint in mind. Darling small pillows of cot- ton broadcloth edged in fringe, with dogs or penguins embroidered on the face, are $1.50 each. Framed nursery prints, naïve in a modern way, from $1. 50. STERN : We never get enough of this toy department, which continues year after year to set the Christmas season right with dolls' -house families for little girls, boxes of things to put together (such as the makings of a clock) for little boys, and toy stages, with com- plete scenery and characters for Shakes- pearian revivals, for young romantics of both sexes. They always have all the new things as well, but then so does everybody else. WANAMAKER: Among endless and en- chanting varieties of toys, look for a group of things for children with a scientific turn of mind: Biology sets, $7.50 and up; microscopes, with slides, $2 and up; telegraph sets, $2 (rea] and ,vorkable) ; rubber-balloon-making sets, with enough harmless chemicals to make fifty balloons, $1.. Doll depart- ment this year is in the Auditorium next to the Wonder House, and worth looking up. The Fireside animals here are good: soft, of white rabbit's fur, and make noises; $1 to $5. W H T follows immediately below is our Christmas Assistance De- partment for bewildered bachelor un- cles. The places named are really ser- vice stations, full of books and toys graded by age, sex, etc., together with scientific advice about giving them: CHILDREN'S BOOK AND PLAY SERVICE, 872 Madison. CHILDREN'S BOOK SHOP, 18 East 57. EDUCATIONAL PLAYTHINGS, 20 East 69. THE PLAYROOM, 816 Madison. YOUNG BOOKS, Ixc., 23 East 63. W HEK, annually, we set out to talk about children's books at exactly this point, it is always a tempta- tion to refer everybody straight to the Child Study Association, 221 West 57, where they make a career of listing and classifying junior reading matter for just such busy shoppers as you-all. NOVEMBER 19, 1'32 , (9 , ,-- { 1 ,! ',; :..ø , f/ /, "f "<. ''-- ' I( J;.-'- '. " , .. Ii J',; .> . . /'" N " -: ( J' 1,.- . h-. , / {/';-// " I '" ' ,, " -' ;f ;' : ? 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Sail on the luxurious ,.,. V ulcania" this winter and have the sort of cruise you have dreamed of. You can have a stateroom with a private deck - a sort of verandah that is all your own. You will have a marhle Swimming Pool down in the ship for the first and last days. . . and one on deck, near the Smoking Room, for the warm days in the Carihhean . . . a Tennis Court. . . a Ball Room which was copied from Versailles. . . a spacious Garden Lounge that is Hooded with sunshine. . . food for epicures. . . perfect service. And you can see some of the most inter. esting and famous ports in the West Indies under the expert guidance of Raymond - Wh itcomb, the oldest American travel company. The prices are low. Two winter cruises on the 1'1' V ulcania" Fehruary 3 to 17 La Guayra (for Caracas), Curacao, Panama Canal, Havana, Nassau.. $167.50 up Fehruary 18 to March 23 St. Pierre, Fort de France, Trinidad Bahia Rio de Janeiro (5 days), Pernambuco, , Grenada; Curacao, Havana, N assau't $377.50 up Send for the details ITALIAN LINE 1 State Street, New York RA YMOND- WHITCOMB 670 Fifth Avenue, New York or any steamship or travel agent